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Botanical Name |
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Sisymbrium irio Linn. |
English
Name |
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London Rocket |
Synonym(s) |
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Descurainia irio Webb & Berth., Sisymbrium erysimastrum Lam., Sisymbrium heteromallum Fourn, Sisymbrium latifolium Gray |
Family |
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Brassicaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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An annual or biennial herb, 90 cm tall. Leaves runcinate or pinnatifid, lobes not auricled, terminal large; flowers minute, yellow, in racemes; siliquae 3-5 cm long, slender, erect; seeds ovoid, reddish or yellow-brown, 1.3 mm., mucilaginous when wet. |
| Herb Effects |
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Stimulant, antibacterial, analgesic, rubefacient, expectorant, restorative, febrifuge and antipyretic (seed). |
Chemistry
| Active Ingredients |
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Oleic and linolenic acids (fatty oils); iso-rhamnatin (seed). |
| Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Name |
CAS# |
IUPAC Name |
Formula |
Structure |
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| Oleic acid |
8046-01-3 |
octadec-9-enoic acid |
C18H34O2 |
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| Linolenic acid |
94138-91-7 |
octadeca-9,12,15-tri
enoic acid |
C18H30O2 |
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| Isorhamnetin |
480-19-3 |
3,4,5-trihydroxy-2-(
4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-
phenyl)-chromen-7-on
e |
C16H12O7 |
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Pharmacology
| Medicinal Use |
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Infections of the chest and throat (leaf); in asthma (seed). The seeds have been placed under the lids of sore eyes in order to cause weeping and thereby wash foreign matter out of the eye. |
| Reference |
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 Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
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